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A Star Near the Milky Way’s Black Hole Is Losing Mass at an Astonishing Rate

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that IRS 3, a star near the center of the Milky Way, is losing vast amounts of mass, causing its surrounding envelope to expand continuously.

Near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a mature star is shedding enormous amounts of gas and dust into space. Observations of IRS 3 suggest that this material has created an exceptionally large envelope, and within it astronomers have detected water molecules despite the extreme environment surrounding the galactic center.

The research was led by PD Dr. Florian Peißker of the University of Cologne’s Institute for Astrophysics. Peißker’s group, which participates in the European James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) consortium studying nearby galaxies, investigates the region surrounding Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Scientists Reprogram How Light Travels in Just 74 Femtoseconds

An ultrathin silicon surface can steer and reshape light in just 74 femtoseconds, opening a path toward a new generation of high-speed optical technology.

A pulse of light can cross the width of a human hair in roughly 74 femtoseconds. In that same vanishingly brief interval, a new device developed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) can change the direction and shape of another light beam.

The experimental technology could point toward optical systems that respond far faster than today’s beam steering hardware. Such control is important in cameras, sensors, communication networks, scientific instruments, and emerging forms of photonic computing.

Suspected ChinaNexus Actor Exploits VMware vCenter Flaw, Deploys BabukDerived Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers have attributed the exploitation of a newly patched security flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter to a suspected China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT).

The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2026–59310 (CVSS score: 9.8), a severe directory-traversal vulnerability in the VMware vCenter server that could be weaponized by a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code. A fix for the flaw was released by Broadcom on July 29, 2026.

German incident response company QUIRSO assessed with moderate confidence that the exploitation campaign aimed at CVE-2026–59310 is operated by a Chinese-speaking threat actor, likely working in the UTC+08:00 time zone, which is predominantly used in Chinese-speaking regions.

Hacker claims 3.6 million Azure account records stolen from major companies

A threat actor is selling employee databases allegedly stolen from the Microsoft Azure infrastructure of multiple Fortune 500 companies after gaining access using compromised credentials.

Starting July 31st, multiple posts from someone using the alias “TheHatman” advertised data dumps from major organizations, including McDonald’s, Gap Inc., Vodafone, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, InterContinental Hotels (IHG), and Kyndryl.

In total, the threat actor claims to have 3.64 million data records, with the most recent breach posted on Sunday, containing an alleged 1.7 million employee records from McDonalds.

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